| Coral calcium is ionic calcium (Ca ++)
and is the only physiologically active form of this element. This means the body
doesn't have to convert the source into calcium. People's diets are not only
calcium deficient but consist of poor nutrition or bad substances, such as
carbonated soft drinks which reduce solubility of calcium. As a result the
problem is compounded - an acidic cellular pH results and the body becomes a bed
for disease and pathogens. Coral calcium, with it's nearly 100% absorption rate,
is the calcium supplement you need for good health!
Did you know? - your bones act as a calcium store -
if you don't get enough in your diet your body will extract what it needs from
your bones. Causing the bones to become brittle and creating an acidic cellular
environment allowing disease to develop and grow in your body! It's a proven
fact that healthy people all have an alkaline cellular pH - you can too with
coral calcium!
Did you know? - that milk is not a good source of calcium ...
because calcium lactate (dairy products) provides only 30% absorbable calcium.
Did you know? - Based upon USDA surveys most Americans are calcium
deficient in their diets.
Book reference:
The Calcium Factor : The Scientific Secret of Health and Youth
by Robert Barefoot and Dr. Carl Reich, MD
What! does it do for your body?
BONES AND TEETH - The main function of calcium is the
development and maintenance of healthy bones and teeth. Bone is made up of
cells and fiber embedded in a mineral matrix, which is mostly crystals of
calcium phosphate. One form of bone calcium is bound tightly within the bone and
the other is easily removed to maintain blood levels. Calcium is removed from
the tightly bound part of the bone only when the more mobile stores are
exhausted and dietary intake is inadequate. Bones are constantly being replaced
with 20% of an adult’s bone calcium reabsorbed and replaced every year.
NERVE AND MUSCLE CONTRACTION - Calcium is essential for muscle contraction,
including that of the heart muscle and for nerve impulse conduction. Increasing
calcium may normalise heart rhythm in arrhythmia sufferers. Calcium also aids in
the release of neurotransmitters which carry messages between nerve cells.
BLOOD PRESSURE - Calcium interacts with sodium, potassium and magnesium to
regulate blood pressure. It has been found that people whose diets are low in
calcium are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure. The effects of a
mother’s high calcium diet during pregnancy may also be passed on to her
children who will be less likely to suffer from high blood pressure. major class
of drugs used to lower high blood pressure blocks the channels which transport
calcium across muscle cell membranes. There is currently an ongoing debate as to
whether these calcium channel blockers increase the risk of heart attacks.
BLOOD - Calcium in the blood is essential for clotting by activating vitamin K (prothrombin)
which is the first stage in wound healing.
It is also involved in the control of blood cholesterol levels. Increased
calcium may lower blood cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of developing
premature heart disease.
IMMUNE FUNCTION - Calcium in milk has been shown to enhance resistance to
salmonella in rats.
METABOLISM - Calcium is essential for the production and activity of many
enzymes and hormones that are involved in digestion, energy and fat metabolism
and the production of saliva. Diabetics often have increased levels of calcium
in their cells and the resulting disturbance in metabolism may play a role in
some of the complications of diabetes such as heart disease and cataracts.
CELL MEMBRANES - Calcium is involved in the transport of nutrients and other
substances across cell membranes and aids in the maintenance of connective
tissue which holds cells together.
Lactation increases the ability of women to absorb calcium after weaning or the
resumption of menstrual periods. Deficiency and moderate exercise also increase
absorption and the efficiency of absorption decreases as intake increases.
Dietary calcium must be made soluble in the stomach and then pass to the small
intestine where it combines with a calcium binding molecule so it can be
absorbed (chelation). Calcium competes with zinc, manganese, magnesium,
copper and iron for absorption in the intestine and a high intake of
one can reduce absorption of the others. However, these other minerals in
the right amount are beneficial for calcium absorption.
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